Where does “intreat” come from?
Intreat comes from Old French entretier, from Old French entraiter, combining Old French en- and Old French entraiter, from Latin in- and Latin trahere meaning to draw or pull.
intreat (English): Archaic form of entreat
Definitions
- Archaic form of entreat
Ancestry of “intreat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entreat | To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired;... |
| 2 | Old French | entretier | — |
| 3 | Old French | entraiter | — |
| 4 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |